-Caveat Lector- ----- Original Message ----- From: hde_tollenaere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: leiden Tegen Oorlog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 12:32 PM Subject: Protest against sending Dutch troops to Iraq; lawyer arrested
> On Wednesday 25 June, the Iraqi Platform in The Netherlands had organized a > picket on the Plein (near Parliament) in The Hague, government city of The > Netherlands. Both Iraqi refugees and supporters from the peace movement in > The Netherlands protested against Dutch government proposals to send 1100 > Dutch soldiers to Iraq's Southern Muthanna province (not so far from where > the day before, six British soldiers and at least four Iraqi civilians have > died in fights). These soldiers have no United Nations mandate. Iraqi > people will see these troops as part of US/British occupation. Iraqi people > should have their own government, not military occupation, after the Saddam > Hussein dictatorship. > > Unfortunately, The Hague police impeded the demonstrators from handing > leaflets to Members of Parliament; and then banned demonstrating against > sending Dutch troops altogether. The Iraqi and Dutch anti-occupation > demonstrators then joined another demonstration, against Dutch Government > policies increasing the number of homeless and making life harder for those > already homeless (while cutting back on poor people, the Dutch government > does find money for occupation of Iraq). The Hague police arrested one > demonstrator, the former Dutch Air Force officer, lawyer, and member of > Lawyers for Peace, Mr Meindert Stelling, for handing out leaflets. Mr > Stelling was driven away in a police car. > > E mail of the The Hague police: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > E mail reaction form on site of Dutch Prime Minister, J.P. Balkenende: > http://www.minaz.nl/minister-president/vragen/html/reactieformulier_minister -president.htm > > Dutch Minister of Defence, H. Kamp: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > **********Dutch Platform Against the "New" War http://www.wereldcrisis.nl > ******************************************************** > > www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
